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...their follow-up, “Cease to Begin,” Band of Horses seems to have abandoned their eerie edge, both lyrically and vocally. They’ve instead embraced their down-home impulses and come closer—perhaps dangerously close—to country-rock...
...just feigning world-weariness—Condon’s only 21, after all. His voice fits the music but rarely impresses. “The Flying Club Cup” isn’t half bad. Beirut’s eclectic arrangements separates them from traditional guitar rock outfits, but it leads to comparisons with groups like Arcade Fire and Neutral Milk Hotel—comparisons that aren’t always favorable. Beirut adds Franco-flavor to the gypsy formula, but it’s hard not to wish they had developed a new one altogether...
Full disclosure: I spent the better part of my summer listening to the indie rock CDs that flooded the mailboxes I was forced to sort while I worked at a radio station. While I’m not one to complain about free stuff, the forced listening may be directly responsible for my annoyance with the Fiery Furnaces. There was a time when I didn’t mind listening to seven-minute songs with two tempo changes in the first sixty seconds. When the Furnaces sang lyrics demanding that they notarize my will, I thought they were actually kind...
...Vuitton ordered up an installation by Olafur Eliasson for its Christmas windows in 360 stores around the world. Similarly, the Jil Sander store in Chicago has just tapped local artists Selina Trepp, Cody Hudson and Terence Hannum to display their works as part of a show entitled "Throb Throb: Rock and Roll Currents in Chicago Art Today...
...great place to nourish a guilty pleasure. It’s real easy: just lie to your roommate, something innocuous, like “I’m going to study in Lamont.” Then disappear for six hours of Magic: The Gathering or “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels,” shuffle back to your room bleary-eyed, and he or she will think nothing of it. What’s more, we assume that all our peers are constantly devoting themselves to the things we ourselves ought to be doing: studying...